Gazebo, Chirk, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9357 / 52°56'8"N

Longitude: -3.0843 / 3°5'3"W

OS Eastings: 327219

OS Northings: 338138

OS Grid: SJ272381

Mapcode National: GBR 72.M199

Mapcode Global: WH78C.LGHS

Plus Code: 9C4RWWP8+77

Entry Name: Gazebo

Listing Date: 29 July 1998

Last Amended: 29 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20244

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300020244

Location: The gazebo stands at the far end of the E gardens, facing S along the ha-ha wall.

County: Wrexham

Town: Wrexham

Community: Chirk (Y Waun)

Community: Chirk

Locality: Chirk Castle

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

The gazebo was designed and built in 1767 by William Emes, landscape architect and pupil of Launcelot Brown, at which time it was called a 'retreat seat'.

Exterior

The building is in brick, in the form of a classical temple with a Venetian style open front, the slender stone paired Tuscan columns supporting an entablature which is arched with an architrave over the wider centre bay of three. High parapet over the entablature.

Interior

The building is rectangular in plan behind the facade, and is vaulted in plaster. A timber seat is set against the rear wall.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a fine example of an C18 garden building, of importance in the context of the landscaped gardens at Chirk Castle.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Ha-ha at the E end of the E Garden
The ha-ha extends across the E end, of the E gardens, extending from the N side of Pleasure Ground Wood to the S junction with Garden Wood.
II Statue of Hercules
Hercules is now sited on the axis of the E axial view from the castle where it passes through woodland.
II Medieval Font in the E Garden
The font is placed at the topmost point of the rock garden, behind the Hawk House, in the E gardens of Chirk Castle.
II Hawk House in the E Garden
The building stands on a slightly elevated platform overlooking the lower lawns of the E garden of Chirk Castle.
II Sundial in front of the Hawk House in the E Garden
The sundial stands on the lawn below, and on the axis of, the Hawk House.
II Statue by the lily pond in the E Garden
The statue stands on the edge of the circular lily pond at the lower end of the gardens.
II Walls to the Privy Garden
The privy garden adjoins the castle on the SE side. The walls define the it on the E and S, and on the W to the lower service yard
II Statue in the E Garden
The two statues flank the opening in the hedge between the upper cross lawn, and the lower fruit tree lawn in the E gardens of the Castle.

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Gazebo

A Grade II Listed Building in Chirk, Wrexham